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Physics Vocab. 1
About Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an orderly method of gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge | scientifc method |
| a close agreement by competent observers of a series of obsevationsof the same phenomena | fact |
| An educated guess; a reasonsable explanation of an observation or experimental result that is not fully accepted as a factual until tested over and over again by experiment. | hypothesis |
| a general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted. Also know as a principle. | law |
| a general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted. Also known as a law. | principle |
| A synthesis a large body of information that emcompasses well-tested and verified hypotheses about aspects of the natural world. | theory |